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J. 1). s. NEWELL, OF TENSASPABISH, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, A. e. BRIOE; n.'IOMA'IDIS,

- AND THOMAS P-IOKLES, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

Letters Patent No. 90,381, dated May 25, 1869.

narnovsmnm BREECH-LOADING- FIRE-ARMS .t'he Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. D. S. NEWELL, of the parish of Tensas, and Stateof Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBreech-Loading Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadtothe annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in which--- IPatent Oflice; and

It consists of a simplification and modification of some of the parts ofmy said improvement, by which the arm is made more effective inpractice.

But my invention will be better understood by reference to the drawing,which clearly exhibits the same in all of its features.

The breech-piece A is made as shown on the drawing, instead of asdescribed in said application, that is to say, I make it solid from thepoint a, or thereabouts, instead of having the longitudinal recess I)extend entirely through it, as in my first improvement.

I moreover dispense with the angular projections at the rear end of thebreech-piece that looks or holds it in close contact with the rear endof the barrel, by means of a notch in the hammer, and accomplish thesame end through the agency of the angle-c, at its rear end, and areverse angle, (1, on the front of the hammer, as shown.

Dispensing, also, with a movable needle, I fire the arm by means of asmall wedge-shaped projection, e, -on the front end of the breech-piece,and thus avoid all danger of unlocking the same by the violent recoil ofthe needle-bar from the explosion of the charge.

The breech-piece is mounted and moves backward and forward precisely asit does in my first improvement, except that it is actuated in goingforward by the direct contact of the lower jaw of hammer B.

To provide for this, the bar 0 is pivoted to the hammer, which mayarticulate at the point shown, or higher up, so as to reduce the anglebetween it and. the breech-piece.

This bar terminates in a hook, h, and works in the recess b, which, asin my first improvement, presents a vertical shoulder at j, againstwhich the hook takes as the hammer B is drawn back, and thus carries thebreech-piece back'also, and opens the rear end of the barrel for theinsertion of a new cartridge.

The plate 1', which may be secru'ed in its place by I the duffer-tailedges, as shown, or by screws, prevents the bar-O from getting out ofthe recess 1). In my first improvement, the ignition of the charge wasefl'ected' almost entirely through the force communicated to theneedle-bar by the main spring of the lock. mentnm of thebreech-piece aswell as the force of the main-spring, and am hence enabled to reduce thestrength of the said spring to a very considerable degree. i

The empty cartridge is withdrawn by spring-hooks j, ahd thrown out by aknob, k, as in my first arrangement, and indeed, in all other respects,my present improvement is substantiallyidentical with my first, as thesame is described in the application for a patent, to which I havereferred as having been filed in the United States Patent Ofiice, on the26th of December, 1868. s

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The breech-piece A, when the same is solid at its front extremity, andprovided with the wedge-like projection, c, on its front, and the angle0 at its rear end, and actuated by direct contact with the jaw ofhammer, and the removable plate 1', when the same is combined with thehammer B, and is actuated there- .by, by means of the hooked bar 0, andis locked, at the moment of the explosion of the charge, by the actionof the angle at against the angle 0, as herein set forth.

J. D. S. NEWELL. Witnesses:

O. Y. NIcHoL, JOHN Gonnon.

In my present arrangement, I use the mo-

